Trending Products Scraper (Amazon Movers & Shakers)

Apify actor for scraping trending/hot products from Amazon Movers & Shakers.

Background

Originally designed as a TikTok Shop trending products scraper, but pivoted to Amazon Movers & Shakers because:

• TikTok Shop has no public API for trending products
• Official TikTok APIs require seller/partner authorization
• Web scraping TikTok is heavily protected (anti-bot, dynamic JS)

Amazon Movers & Shakers provides similar value: real-time trending products with sales velocity data.

Features

• Scrapes Amazon Movers & Shakers (products gaining sales rank)
• Optionally includes Amazon New Releases (hot new products)
• Supports 8 Amazon regions (US, UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, CA, JP)
• 24 product categories
• Stealth mode with Playwright + fingerprint randomization
• Residential proxy support for reliability

Data Collected

Field	Description
rank	Current bestseller rank
name	Product name
price	Current price
rating	Customer rating (1-5 stars)
reviewCount	Number of customer reviews
asin	Amazon Standard Identification Number
productUrl	Direct link to product page
imageUrl	Product image URL
trendScore	Rank change (e.g., "Up 1,200%")
category	Product category
country	Amazon region
source	"movers-and-shakers" or "new-releases"
scrapedAt	Timestamp of scrape

Input Parameters

{
  "category": "electronics",
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeNewReleases": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Categories

• all - All Departments
• electronics - Electronics
• home - Home & Kitchen
• kitchen - Kitchen & Dining
• beauty - Beauty & Personal Care
• toys - Toys & Games
• books - Books
• fashion - Clothing & Fashion
• sports - Sports & Outdoors
• health - Health & Household
• garden - Patio, Lawn & Garden
• automotive - Automotive
• baby - Baby Products
• pet-supplies - Pet Supplies
• office - Office Products
• tools - Tools & Home Improvement
• grocery - Grocery & Gourmet Food
• video-games - Video Games
• movies-tv - Movies & TV
• music - Music
• software - Software
• industrial - Industrial & Scientific
• arts-crafts - Arts, Crafts & Sewing
• appliances - Appliances

Countries

• us - United States (amazon.com)
• uk - United Kingdom (amazon.co.uk)
• de - Germany (amazon.de)
• fr - France (amazon.fr)
• es - Spain (amazon.es)
• it - Italy (amazon.it)
• ca - Canada (amazon.ca)
• jp - Japan (amazon.co.jp)

Example Output

{
  "rank": 1,
  "name": "Portable Ice Maker Machine for Countertop",
  "price": "$89.99",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 12543,
  "asin": "B09XYZABCD",
  "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XYZABCD",
  "imageUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...",
  "trendScore": "Up 5,432%",
  "category": "Kitchen & Dining",
  "country": "us",
  "source": "movers-and-shakers",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-31T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Usage Tips

1. Use residential proxies - Amazon blocks datacenter IPs aggressively
2. Keep maxResults reasonable - 50-100 products per run
3. Don't scrape too frequently - Once per hour is usually sufficient
4. Category-specific is better - "All Departments" may return less data

Rate Limits & Blocks

• Actor uses random delays and scrolling to appear human
• Playwright with stealth plugins evades basic detection
• If blocked, try:
  • Different country/region
  • Residential proxy group
  • Lower maxResults
  • Wait and retry later

Legal Notice

This actor is for research and personal use only. Amazon's Terms of Service prohibit automated scraping. Use responsibly.

Author

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